List of Food Additives

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  • Acacia
  • Acetic acid
  • Adipic acid
  • Agar
  • Alginic acid
  • Amaranth
  • Ammonium alginate
  • Ammonium carbonates
  • Ammonium phosphatides
  • Annatto (Bixin, Norbixin)
  • Anthocyanins
  • Ascorbic acid
  • Bees waxes
  • Beet root, red (Betanin)
  • Bentonite
  • Benzoic acid
  • Beta-apo-8’ carontenal
  • Brilliant Black BN
  • Brilliant Blue FCF
  • Brilliant Scarlet 4R
  • Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA)
  • Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)
  • Calcium acetate
  • Calcium alginate
  • Calcium benzoate
  • Calcium carbonate
  • Calcium chloride
  • Calcium citrates
  • Calcium lactate
  • Calcium malates
  • Calcium orthophosphates
  • Calcium oxide
  •  Calcium propionate
  • Calcium sorbate
  •  Calcium stearoyl-2-lactylate
  • Calcium tartrate
  • Canthaxanthine
  • Caramel
  • Carbo medicinalis vegetalis (charcoal)
  • Carbon dioxide
  • Carboxymethylcellulose
  • Carmoisone
  • Carnauba wax
  • Carotene, alpha, bets, gamma
  • Carotenoids
  • Carrageenan
  • Chlorine
  • Chlorine dioxide
  • Chlorophylls
  • Chocolate Brown HT
  • Citric acid
  • Cochineal, Carminic acid
  • Curcumin
  • Dimethylpolysiloxane
  • Dodecyl gallate
  • Erythrosine
  • Ethyl ester of beta-apo-8’ carotene acid
  • Ethyl maltol
  • Ethylmethylcellulose
  • Fumaric acid
  • Glucono delta-lactone
  • Glycerol
  • Green S
  • Guar gum
  • Hydroxypropylmethycellulose
  • Indigo carmine
  • Iron oxides and hydroxides
  • Kaolins
  • Karaya gum
  • Lactic acid
  • L-Cysteine and its hydrochlorides
  • Lecithins
  • Locust bean gum
  • Magnesium carbonate
  • Magnesium sterate
  • Malic acid
  • Mannitol
  • Metartartartic acid
  • Methylcellulose
  • Microcrystalline cellulose
  • Mono and diglycerides of fatty acids
  • Mono and diacetyltartartic acid
  • Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)
  • Nisin
  • Octyl gallate
  • Paraffins
  • Pectin
  • Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids
  • Polyglycerol polyricinoleate
  • Polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan mono-oleate
  • Polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan monostearate
  • Polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan tristearate
  • Potassium acetate
  • Potassium alginate
  • Potassium benzoate
  • Potassium bromate
  • Potassium carbonates
  • Potassium chloride
  • Potassium citrates
  • Potassium ferrocyanide
  • Potassium lactate
  • Potassium malates
  • Potassium metabisulphite
  • Potassium nitrate
  • Potassium nitrite
  • Potassium orthophosphates
  • Potassium propionate
  • Potassium sorbate
  • Potassium tartrates
  • Propionic acid
  • Propyl gallate alginate
  • Riboflavin
  • Shellac
  • Silicon dioxide
  • Sodium acetates
  • Sodium alginate
  • Sodium aluminum phosphate
  • Sodium aluminum silicate
  • Sodium and potassium polyphoshate
  • Sodium ascorbate
  • Sodium benzoate
  • Sodium bisulphite
  • Sodium carbonates
  • Sodium citrates
  • Sodium guanylate
  • Sodium inosinate
  • Sodium lactate
  • Sodium alates
  • Sodium metabisulphites
  • Sodium nitrate
  • Sodium nitrite
  • Sodium orthophosphates
  • Sodium potassium tartrates
  • Sodium propionate
  • Sodium sorbate
  • Sodium tartrates
  • Sorbic acid
  • Sorbitan monostearate
  • Stearic acid
  • Succinic acid
  • Sucrose esters of Fatty acids
  • Sulphur dioxide
  • Sunset yellow FCF
  • Synthetic alpha-tocopherol
  • Synthetic delta-tocopherol
  • Synthetic gamma tocopherol
  • Talc
  • Tartaric acid
  • Tartrazine
  • Titanium dioxide
  • Tocopherol-rich extracts of natural origin
  • Tragacanth
  • Tri-ammonium citrate
  • Xanthan gum
  • Xanthophylls
  • Yellow 2G

The most common food additives that people test they are allergic to over the years have been sulfites in all forms, tartaric acid, blue colorings (these cause ADD and ADHD), synthetic vitamin Es (especially alpha-tocopherol), chlorine, xanthan gum and nitrates in all forms. Oh, and Cochineal, Carminic acid which is made out of cockroaches so people especially allergic to bug bites wouldn’t do well with these.